Hook switching for telephone based on wireless charging protocol
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsYikai Lin, Zhaozhuo Li, Jianhua Jiang
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Abstract
A method of performing hook switching on behalf of a wireless handset based on wireless charging. The method includes obtaining, by a power transmitter of a telephone base, a handset identifier provided by a wireless handset via a power receiver that is wirelessly coupled to the power transmitter for wireless charging of the wireless handset. The method further includes determining whether the handset identifier matches a stored identifier, and based, in part, on the handset identifier matching the stored identifier, performing, by the telephone base, hook switching on behalf of the wireless handset.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a power transmitter of a telephone base, a wireless handset that is wirelessly coupled to the power transmitter of the telephone base for wireless charging of the wireless handset using a power receiver of the wireless handset;
- and
- based, in part, on the wireless handset being detected by the power transmitter of the telephone base by signaling performed as part of a wireless charging protocol, performing, by the telephone base, hook switching on behalf of the wireless handset.
An apparatus comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless handset;
- a charging position on a surface of a housing;
- a power transmitter positioned proximate to the charging position, and configured to:
- wirelessly provide power to a power receiver of the wireless handset in order to charge a rechargeable battery of the wireless handset when the wireless handset is in the charging position, and
- detect the wireless handset placed in the charging position;
- and
- a processor coupled to the power transmitter and configured to perform hook switching on behalf of the wireless handset based, in part, on the power transmitter detecting the wireless handset in the charging position by signaling performed as part of a wireless charging protocol.
A telephone comprising:
- a wireless handset that includes:
- a handset wireless transceiver,
- a rechargeable battery, and
- a power receiver configured to charge the rechargeable battery;
- and
- a telephone base that includes:
- a base wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the handset wireless transceiver,
- a charging position on a surface of a housing,
- a power transmitter positioned proximate to the charging position, and configured to:
- wirelessly provide power to the power receiver in order to charge the rechargeable battery when the wireless handset is in the charging position, and
- detect the wireless handset in the charging position, and
- a processor coupled to the power transmitter and configured to perform hook switching on behalf of the wireless handset based, in part, on the power transmitter detecting the wireless handset in the charging position by signaling performed as part of a wireless charging protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.